Latest Organic gardening Stories
Making the environment safer one landscape at a time is the mission of Natural Technologies Inc., a New Hampshire based company specializing in products for sustainable landscape management and organic lawn care solutions. Auburn, NH (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 Natural Technologies Inc. has announced an initiative to offer landscapers and lawn care service providers in Canada the opportunity to become Certified BeeSafe® Applicators and join their mission to manage lawns with natural,...
Greenix Pest Control has been honored with the Suepr Service Award from Angie's List because of their great service. Learn what makes Greenix Pest Control a superior green pest control business. Dublin, Ohio (PRWEB) December 31, 2012 Greenix Pest Control is a green pest control company based out of the greater Columbus, Ohio area that has recently won the Super Service Award from Angie's List. Angie's List is an extremely popular website that reviews business' services...
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SCS Global Services (www.scsglobalservices.com) will provide expert insights about sustainable growing practices at the National Green Centre Conference in St. Louis this January. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120827/MM63583LOGO) SCS has provided leadership in third-party certification in the food and agriculture sector for nearly three decades. The company established the first sustainable agriculture...
Colle Farmers Market comments on the rising interest in growing organic food expressed by farmers attending a recent forum on organic farming in Kansas. Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 On December 7, Colle Farmers Market, a growing community of organic farmers markets, responds to the increasing push for organic farming among Kansas farmers who gathered at a recent forum on organic agriculture. A report in the Salina Journal indicates the continued rise in interest with going...
Pensoft Publishers A new plant-parasitic nematode worm (Meloidoderita salina) was found in a tidal salt marsh at Mont Saint Michel Bay (MSMB) in France, where its abbey is a world-famous historical heritage. The species name 'salina' refers to salty soil and is derived from the Latin word 'sal' or 'salis' meaning 'salt'. The study was published in the peer-reviewed, open source scientific journal ZooKeys. The female nematode worm of Meloidoderita salina deposits its eggs in two...
Othos Pest Management in Asheboro, North Carolina, announces that it will be opening a new location in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Othos Pest Management will be immediately providing quality pest control services to both residential and commercial customers in the Pinehurst area. Asheboro, NC (PRWEB) December 06, 2012 For over 36 years, Othos Pest Management in Asheboro, North Carolina has provided dependable pest control services. Now, the company announces that it has expanded its...
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DALLAS, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Terroir, the art of selecting the proper soil type and location which will produce the highest quality of grapes and its relation to the quality of wine grapes produced, is a growing trend among vintners. [1] Modern research shows there are in fact intrinsic qualities of soil that blend the tending of proper soil type with actual science. The most important factors involved in healthy soil for vine growth include good internal drainage and...
MONTREAL, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - URBAN BARNS FOODS INC. (URBF: OTC.QB) ("the Company" or "URBAN BARNS"), today announced the first sustainable commercial growing facility in the world utilizing CUBIC FARMING(©) growing practices. Mr. Meikleham, Chairman of Urban Barns, announced, "By introducing manufacturing production line concepts into farming for the first time in history, Urban Barns has introduced a next generation agriculture called CUBIC FARMING(©) that can...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With estimated sales of almost $1 billion at the grower level in 2011, the global nematicides market is expected to continue its steady increase, reaching $1.2 billion by 2016 with significant pockets of growth in the Asia-Pacific region and South America, according to the recently released Global Nematicide Market: Market Analysis and Opportunities report by consulting and research firm Kline & Company. The United States, Brazil,...
Latest Organic gardening Reference Libraries
Three Sisters crop is a technique of gardening used primarily by Native Americans, but gardeners of any kind may also use this technique. These crops use three types of plants; in the Tewa tribe, they use four. The traditional seeds used are corn, beans, and squash. There are many benefits from this method, the first being the use of the corn stalks for the beans to grow on. The beans themselves then provide nitrogen for the corn and squash, while giving the corn amino acids, lysine, and...
Naturescaping is a term that is in reference to a method of landscape design and landscaping that allows people, as well as nature, to exist. By including certain plants, particularly the native ones, into ones yard, one can attract beneficial insects, birds, and other creatures, and aid in keeping our rivers and streams in a healthy state. Widespread urban growth and urban sprawl over the last century has had an important impact on habitat that birds and other wildlife once called home....
The term plasticulture is in reference to the practice of utilizing plastic materials in agricultural applications. The plastic materials themselves are frequently and broadly referred to as “ag plastics.” Plasticulture ag plastics can include soil fumigation film, nursery pots and silage bags, irrigation drip tape or tubing, but the term is most frequently used to describe all kinds of plastic plant and soil coverings. Such coverings range from plastic mulch film, high and low...
Vermicompost is composting with the use of special earthworms. Red wigglers and white worms are the more common worms used, although European night crawlers can be used as well. Red wigglers can be found living in manure piles and in rotting vegetation and adapt the best in covered worm bins. Common earthworms burrow deeply and are not recommended for use in compost bins. Blue worms are commonly used in the tropics. Worms are used to decompose vegetable and food waste along with bedding...
Image Caption: A field in Randers, Denmark. A pile of manure is in the foreground. Credit: Malene Thyssen/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.5) Manure is organic matter that comes from farmyard animal waste as well as from crop cover. Manure from cows, pigs, horses, chickens, rabbits, etc. is broken down into organic matter and used as organic fertilizer. “Green” manure is derived from planting a cover crop, such as clover, to be plowed directly back into the soil. Bacteria traps nitrogen and other...
